Reviews

Review: Wild Nothing – Nocturne

September 10th, 2012

Wild Nothing’s 2010 debut LP Gemini was characterised by an ’80s anglicised melancholy that was present as a result of .


Review: Animal Collective – Centipede Hz

September 10th, 2012

…on which Animal Collective revert back to the overwhelming bombardment of ideas that characterised their output pre-Merriweather Post Pavilion…and then .


Review: Matchbox Twenty – North

September 5th, 2012

North: how’s that for a misnomer? I mean, it implies an upwards trajectory, which is more than a little disingenuous .


Review: Ronan Keating – Fires

September 5th, 2012

Good Christmas present for mum? I mean, my mum has taste, but yours mightn’t. You know that impression you’ve got in .


Review: Two Door Cinema Club – Beacon

September 5th, 2012

Polished Jacknife Lee production, indie-disco rhythms, tried and trusted chord progressions, inoffensive vocal style: much like Homer Simpson chuckling to .


Review: Anja McCloskey – An Estimation

September 4th, 2012

A key player in the utterly splendid, Southampton-based label Sotones, singer/accordionist Anja McCloskey recorded this, her debut album, in the .